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FILLER TIP.

(Applicatmxfiled Mar. 14, 1900.

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Shen l.

No. 662,085. Patented Nov. 20, |900.

F. L. NICHOLS.

FILLEB TIP.

[Application @led Mar. 14, 1900. (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

Ultra TATES PATENT OFFICE@ FRANK LIBERTY NICHOLS, OE NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW IDEAS MACHINE COMPANY, OF WEST' VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662.085, dated November 20, 1900.

Application filed March 14| 1900. Crial No. 8,646. (No model.)

fr) t/,ZZ whom it' may concern: vent is constituted on the filler-tube in con- Be it known that l, FRANK LIBERTY NIOH- nection with the sleeve-valve, which is eco- OLs, a citizen of the United States, and a resinomically formed, which tends to structurally dentof New York, (Brooklyrn) in the county strengthen said tube and which has a miui- 55 of Kings and Stat-e of New York, have inmum of encroachment upon the area of the vented certain new and useful Improvements bore of said tube, so that the possible maxiin Filler-Tips, of which the following is a mum of dow of liquid through said tube is specification, reference being had to the acapproximated; also, in the combination, in a companying drawings, forming` part hereof. filler-tip with a liller-tu be having a discharge- 6o Io Wy invention relates to a filler-tip for botaperture at or near its lower end and an intle-tilling machines in which said tips, sevwardly-depressed corrugation on the exterior eraliy having communication with a liquiilface of its wall, extending longitudinally reservoir, are usually mounted in a gang on thereof from near its opposite ends, and a a cross-head which has reciprocatory movesleeve-valve concentrically mounted on and 65 ment in ways toward and from a table on having reciprocatory play longitudinally of which the bottles to be filled are supported said tuhetogovern thedischarge-apertureaud and arranged in a bank to be severally enthe lower end of said longitudinal depressed tei-ed at their mouths by a filler-tip of the corrugation constituting an air-vent on said gang thereof in a movement of the crosstube, of a plug havingathreaded top for con- 7o zo head toward said table, and the filler-tip to nection with a liquid-reservoir and in and which my invention particularly relates is through whichsaid filler-tube is rigidly seated one in which the filler-tube adapted to enter and extends downwardly therefrom and havthe bottle-neck extends from and has cominga radial aperture in its wall belowits said munie-ation with the liquid-reservoi r through threaded top, with which aperture the upward 7; a plug seated in the reservoir-wall and in end of said longitudinal depressed corrugawhich the liquid-discharge aperture of said tion in said ller-tube c0mmunicates,together tube and the outletof air through its adjunctwith an external cir--umferential groove or ire airvent are governed by a spring-conchannel on said plug with which said radial trolled sleeve-valve mounted and having reaperture therein communicates, whereby 8o 3o ciprocatory play on said tube and in which when said plug bearing said filler-tube and its the said sleeve-valve is thrown to open said valve is seated by its threaded top in the wall lube-discharge and air-vent by the impingeof the liquidreservoir the airvent constiment of the bottle-mouth against a sealingtuted on said tube by said corrugation will, ange carried by said sleeve-valve, thereby regardless of the position assumed by said ra- 35 throwing said valve against the stress of its dial aperture relatively to a pipe communicontrolling-spring. eating with said circumferential groove or My invention comprises the combination, in channel, have free outlet for air and any liqa filler-tip with a plug to seat in and commuuid overlow through said radial aperture and nicate with a liquid-reservoir, of a filler-tube circumferential groove or channel in said 9o 4o seated in and through and extending below plug; also, in the combination, in a filler-tip said plug and provided at or near its lower with the filler-tube having a discharge-aperend with a discharge-aperture and having an ture at its lower end and a depressed corruinwardly-depressed corrugation on the extegation on the exterior face of its wall, extendrior face of its wall, extendinglongitudinally ing longitudinallythereof from near its oppo- 4; thereof from near its said lower end to and site ends to form an air-vent, of a plug adaptcommunicating with an outletin said plug, ed to connect to a liquid-reservoir and in and and asleeve-valve concentrically mounted on through which the upward end of said fillerand having reciprocatory play longitudinally tube is seat-ed and with an outlet in the Wall of said tube to govern the discharge-aperture of which the upward end of said ai rvent comtoo 5o and the end of said depressed corrugation in mnnicates, and which plug has in it an annusaid lower end of said tube, whereby an airlar way concentric to said seated filler-tube and extending from near the top of said pl ug' to its lower end, together with a sleeve-valve slidably mounted on said filler-tube and of a length to extend from the lower end of said tube into said annular way in the plug and having reci procatory play on said tube and in said way to govern the discharge-aperture and the inlet end of said air-vent in saidtnbe, 1

lower end and having an` air-vent leading from its said lower end to an outlet in said plug, and a sleevevalve slidably mounted on said tube and of a length to extend from the lower end thereof into said plug and having reciprocatory play on said tube and in au annular way in' said plug concentric therewith to govern the discharge-aperture and inlet of the air-vent. in said filler-tube, ot' a stungbox on the lower end of said plug to surround the reciprocatory sleeve-valve playing in said` way in the plug, whereby leakage or overp `justing the sealing-flange; and Fig. 12 is a cross-section ofthe sanneon line x' w', Fig. 11.

flow from the air-vent or through the plug is elfectively prevented, and also in the combination, in a iillertip with a plug to connect d having the threaded top a, whereby it may to a liquid-reservoir, a tiller-tube seated in and through said plug and extending` downwardly therefrom, with adischarge-aperture at its lower end and an air-ventextendingon said tube from near its lower end to an outlet in said plug, of a spring-controlled sleevevalve slidably mounted on and having reciprocatory play longitudinally of said tube to govern said discharge-aperture and air-vent thereof, together with a disk which is centrally apertured to play upon said sleevevalve and has arms which are segmental in lateral cross-section and which rigidly extend from the upward face of said disk at right angles thereto and are threaded on theiroutward peripheral faces, a collar fixed on said sleeve-valve and having transverse peripheral channels registering with and to receive and permit longitudinal play therein of the arms on said disk and also having peripheral radially-extending pins and an external collar having on its internal'face an annular groove into which the said pins on the sleevevalve collar engage and have play, and a threaded portion on said internal face of sai-d external collar beyond the said annular groove therein, which threaded portion takes the threads on the outward faces of said diskarms seated in the channels in said sleevevalve collar, whereby the said disk constitutes a sealing-flange on said sleeve-valve for the mouth of a bottle being filled and whereby said flange may readily and conveniently be of the sante.

fixed thereon after described.

adjusted on said sleeve-valve relatively to the lower end thereof and` o f the filler-tube by manipulating the said external collar, thereby regulating the degree of projection of the ller-tube into a bottle to be filled, and con- `sequently the height to which such bottle is desired to be filled.

ln the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a ller-tip containing my invention and 'showing the parts in normal position at rest.

l Fig.v 2 is a similar view of the filler-tip with the upper portion in longitudinal section and showing the parts in position during the operation of lling a bottle and with my improved sealin'g-fllange adjusted relatively to the filler-tube in a position diiferent to that shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the ller-tu'be with the plug and sleeve-valve shown iu connection therewith in longitudinal sect ion. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the sleevewalve andi filler-tube on line a; Fig. 2. Fig. 5` is an` elevation of the sealingtlange and itsarrns detached. Fig. 6 is a plan Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional plan taken, on the line y y, Fig. l, through the sleeve-valve and filler-tube, looking downwardly. Fig. Sis a vertical section taken on the line z e, Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an elevation of a portion ot' the sleeve-valve and the collar Fig. 10 is a plan of the same. Fig. l1 is a plan of the external collar for ad- In the filler-tip illustrated, A is the plug,

be connected to a liquid-reservoir, (not shown,) and B is the filler-tube, which reaches through and is seated firmly in the base of the plug, with. its lower end extended below the plug, as shown.

The said tube has adischarge-aperture at its lower end, and in a fller-tu be ofthe class describedit is preferable I that said aperture be located in the wall, of the tube, as at b, Fig. 2,the extremity or end of the tube being closed by a plug of solder, as at b', with a fiange-headed stud b2 detachably seated in said plug on the lower end ot' `the tube and the fiange of said stud-head t forming a shoulder at the tube end to constitute a seat for the sleevevalve, herein- In the exterior face of the wall of said tillertube B, I forman inwardlydepressed corrugation B', extending longitudinally of said t'ace of the tube from nearits lower end to near its upward end, where said tube is seated in the plug, and with the upward end of said depressed corrugation B communicating with an outlet a in the wall of said plug A. This outlet c' l prefer to make as a radial aperture 4in the plug-wall and to locate it therein below the threaded top ct of said plug, and I desirably form on the exterior of the plug a circumferential groove or channel CL2, into which said aperture a' opens, as shown. The described depressed corrugation B' in the wallof the tllertube B constitutes the necessary air-vent in IOO IOS

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the filler-tip of this class, and said 'air-vent is thus economically formed and tends to structurally strengthen the tube B and hasa minimum of encroachment upon the area of the bore ot' said tube, so that the possible maximum of flow of liquid through the tube may be approximated, while when the plug bearing said filler-tube is seated byits threaded top Ct in the wall of theliquid-reservoirin a bottle-illing machine the air-vent constituted on said tube by said corrugation B' will by reason of said outlet d/ in and said channel d2 on the plug A, regardless of the position assumed by said outlet d' relatively toa pipe or other means (not shown, but usually employed in a bottling-machine to receive the expelled air and any liquid overow) communicating with said channel a2, have free outlet for air and liquid overflow through said aperture a and channel a2.

C is a sleeve which is slidably mounted on, iits closely to, and has reciprocatory play 1ongitudinally of the filler-tube B. This sleeve is of a length to extend from the lower end of the tube B, where whenin normal position of rest it abuts against the flange of the stud b2 upward along said tube B and into the plug A, where its upward end enters and has play in an annular space or way CL3, formed in said plug circumferential of and concentric to the lower part of said tube in said plug, as plainly shown in Figs. 2 and The said sleeve constitutes the usual sleeve-valve in tillertips of this class and by its reciprocatory play on the tube B governs the discharge-aperture b and the inlet or lower end of the air-vent. B of the said tube; but by reason of its described length and its extension into the bore of the plugA the said sleeve valve C reinforces and strengthens the filler-tube B throughout the' lengt h thereof from its seated end in the plugbore to its lower end, so that the liability of the said filler-tube to bend or break at the portion thereotI below its upward-seated end when subjected to strain in the operation of filling bottles is obviated. Upon the lower end of the plug A, I arrange a stuffing-box consisting of an interiorlyrecessed annular enlargement a4 of said lower end of said plug and an externally-shouldered gland d5, which is screw-seated upon said enlargement, as plainly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The sleeve C plays through this box, and the leakage ot' air or overtiow liquid from the plugis thus efi'ectively prevented. rlhe sleeve-valve C is spring-controlled to maintain it in nox'- mal position on the filler-tube B to close the discharge-aperture and ai r-vent thereof by a spring S, which is seated and tensioned between the shoulder of the gland d5 on the plug A and a collar C', fixed on said sleevevalve.

D is a disk which is preferably annular, as shown, and desirably annularly recessed on its under face to receive an elastic or yielding of this class. rIhis disk is centrallyapertured to pass over and permit play through it of the filler-tube and its sleeve-Valve, and the disk is mounted on the sleeve-valve C, so as to be adjustable thereon relatively to the lower end thereot and of the filler-tube B.

l have provided the following-described devices as desirable for effecting the convenient adjustability of the disk D, to wit: Upon the upward face ot' the disk and extending upwardly at right angles thereto are the arms d, which are segmental in lateral cross-section, and the ont-ward peripheral faces orsides of which are threaded, as shown at CZ, Figs. and S. In the periphery of the collar C on the sleeve-'valve are formed mortises or transverse channels c, which register with, receive, and permit longitudinal pla-y therein of the described arms d on the disk D, and also in the periphery of the said collar C', I X radially-extended pins d, set preferably at diametrically opposite points and intermediate the mortises or channels c, as shown in Figs. 7 and 10.

E is a supplemental collar having on its internal-face an annular groove e, adapt-ed to receive and permit circu inferential play therein of the radial pins c on sleeve-collar C and also having on its said internal face beyond said groove e the threaded portion or portions e, adapted to take the threads d on the diskarms d, seated in the channels c in the sleevecollar C. In constructing and assembling these devices the seats for the pins c' are desirably formed in the periphery of the collar C'. rPhe disk-arms d are then seated in the channels c in said collar C, and the supplemental collar E is then turned on the threads d' of said disk-arms to its seat on the collar C' until the groove e in said collar E registers with the seats for the pins c'. Apertures e2 are then or previously bored through the collar E into the groove e, and through these apertures the pins c' are inserted and seated in their seats in the collar C' and so as to play in the groove e. 'lhereat'ter by rotating the collar E on the collar C the threads e' ou the said collar E will, by their engagement with the threaded faces d' of the disk-arms d, operate to draw said arms upwardly or downwardly through the channels in the sleevecollar C, and hence to adjust the disk D relatively to the lower end of the sleeve-valve C and filler-tube B, as indicated in Figs. l and 2. The disk D serves as a sealing-flange on the sleeve-valve C to be engaged by the mouth of a bottle to be filled and in the downward movement of the filler-tip in a bottle-filling machine to force the said sleeve-Valve upwardly on the filler-tube against the stress of the spring S to open the discharge-aperture and the air-vent of said filler-tube in the usual manner in tiller-tips of this class, and the said sealingflange is given by the described devices the desirable adj ustability on the sleeve-valve to regulate the degree of progasket, as is usually employed in filler-tips l jection of the filler-tube into the bottle to be IOO IIO

` plug toseat in and communicate with a liquidreservoir in a bottle-illing machine, ofa fillertube seated in and through the bore ot' and extending below said plug and provided at its lower end with a discharge aperture, and having an inwardly'depressed corrugation on the exterior face of its wall extending longitudinally thereof from near its said lower end to and com municating with an outlet in said plug, and a sleeve-valve slidably mounted on and having reciprocatory play longitudinally of said filler-tube, to govern the dischargeapertnreand lower end of said depressed corrugation therein.

2. In a filler-tip the combination with a filler-tube having a discharge-aperture at its lower end and an air-vent extending exteriorly thereof longitudinally from near its opposite ends, ot a plugr having atits top means to connect it to a liquid-reservoir in a bottlelilling machine and in and through the bore of which plug said filler-tube is seated and below which said tube extends, and having a radial aperture in its wall below its said top end, with which aperture the upward end of said air-vent on said filler-tube communicates,

together with an external circumferential groove on said plug into which said radial aperture t-herein opens, and a sleeve-valve slidably mounted on and having reciprocatory play longitudinally ot' said filler-tube to govern the discharge-aperture and lower end of said air-vent in said tube.

3. In a filler-tip the combination with a filler-tube having a discharge-aperture at its lower end and an air-vent extending exteriorly thereof longitudinally from near its opposite ends, of a plug having means to connect it to a liquid-reservoir in a bottle-filling machine and in and through the bore of which plug the upward end of said filler-tube is seated, and with an outlet in the wall of which the upward end of said air-vent communicates, and which plug is provided with an annular way in its bore concentric to and circumferential of the filler-tube therein and extending from near the top of the plug to its lower end, together with a sleeve-valve `a liquid-reservoir in a bottle-filling machine,

a filler-tube seated in and through the bore of and extending below said plug and havinga discharge-apertu re at its lower end and an airvent on its exterior leading from its said lower end to an outlet in said plug, and a sleevevalve slid-ably mounted on said tube and of a length to extend from the lower end thereof into said plug, and having reciprocatory play on said tube and in an annular way in the here of said plug around said tube to govern the discharge-aperture and lower end of the air-vent in said tube, of a stuiiing-box on the lower end of said plug to surround the reciprocatory sleeveralve having playin said way therein.

5. In a filler-tip comprising a plug to connect to a liquid-reservoir in a bottle-filling machine, a iillertube the upward end of which is seated in and through the bore of said plug and has a discharge-aperture at its lower end and an air-vent extending from said lower end of said tube to an outlet, and a spring-controlled sleeve-valve slidably mounted on said filler-tube and seating to a flange on the lower end thereof, and having reciprocatory play longitudinally of said tube to govern said discharge-aperture and airvent thereof, ot' a disk which is centrally apertured to play on said sleeve-valve and is provided with upwardly-extended arms which are at right angles to it and are segmental in lateral cross-section and the outward faces of which are threaded, a collar ixed on said sleeve-valve and having transverse peripheral channels registering with and to receive and permit longitudinal play therein of the arms on said disk, and also having peripheral radially-extended pins, together with a supplemental collar having on its internal face an ann ulargroove in which said sleeve-collar pins engage and have circumferential play and a threaded portion on its said internal face which takes the threads on the outward faces ot' the disk-arms seated in the channels in said sleevecollar.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 13th day of March, A. D. 1900.

FRANK LIBERTY NICHOLS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. McIvENLY, ARDEN S. FITCH.

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